Collar support



June 25, 1935. A. P. HEfiRLlNGER COLLAR SUPPORT Filed Dec. 19, 1952 INVENTOR.

ALBERT P. HERRLINGER.

I BY $6 M A TTORNEY.

Patented June 25, 1935 UNITED STATES.

COLLAR SUPPORT 7 Albert P. Herrlinger, Cincinnati, Ohio, assignor to The Herrlinger Paper 00., Cincinnati, Ohio,

a corporation of Ohio Application December 19, 1932, Serial No. 647,857

1 Claim.

My invention relates to a new and improved collar support of the type which is positioned within the neck band for supporting the collar in an upright position.

In laundering shirts with collars attached it is necessary in order to prevent crushing of the collars, to reinforce the collars prior to packing the shirts in a bundle for delivery. My invention contemplates an inexpensive collar support which grips the inner band of the collar and is so constructed to prevent the support from jumping out of place. The support, which is preferably made of flexible pasteboard, is provided with points on its lower face which grip the shirt and prevent the support from moving forwardly out of position which is the common fault of other supports of a similar nature that have a smooth lower edge.

The object of my invention is to provide a collar support having a lower edge provided with a central point and points intermediate the lower edge of the support. A further object isto provide the ends of the support with receding edges whereby a point is formed in the end of the support to more firmly grip the band of the collar.

My invention will be further readily understood from the following description and claim and from the drawing, in which latter:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a shirt with my collar support in the place looking from the rear of the shirt,

Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same, taken in the plane of the line 22 of Fig.1, and;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the collar support.

I have shown my improved collar support in connection with a shirt I I provided with a collar l 2 attached thereto. My improved support comprises a blank l3 which is preferably cut from a piece of flexible pasteboard although any other suitable flexible material may be used. The lower edge of the collar support is provided with a central point l4 and teeth 15 while the upper edge is cut in straight lines forming tangents to an are which makes the upper edge l6 substantially of an arcuate shape. The points [5 are formed in the bottom edge of the collar support blank I3by angular cut-outs therein. Said cutouts are formed by making straight cuts from the point l4 towards the ends of the blank at a slight inwardly slanting angle from the bottom edge thereof and then making intersecting cuts from the points l5 at a. considerably wider angle. This results in the points l5 being slightly undercut. Thus the two points l5 and the central point l4 form a three point support for the central portion of the device when the same is in position within the neekband. The ends I! of the support are provided with points I8. In placing the support within the collar of a shirt the points l8 grip the shirt at points near the rear face of the collar with the points l4 and I5 resting on the back of the shirt II. The upper edge [6 of the support extends slightly above the collar at the forward portions thereof to protect the upper edge of the collar when a'plurality of articles are Wrapped together in a bundle. As is readily apparent fromFigure 2, the portion that extends above the front of the collar is in the nature of an arcuate abutment above the three points on the bottom edge. When the shirts are packed in bundles, the pressure incident to such packing is first borne by this abutment which causes the support 13 to rock forwardly slightly while at the same time, the points l5 .and [4 are forced downwardly into engagement with the back of the shirt.

Any tendency on the part of the support to urge itself forward with a tendency of creeping out of the collar band is arrested by the points I 5 contacting the back of the shirt and preventing the support from creeping out of its position in the collar. As the points I5 have an inward set, they not only resist forward creeping, but also resist spreading movement of the ends of the support I 3, and, moreover, they also prevent end-- Ways movement of the device, -as such movement in either direction will be resisted by one or the other of the points I5. While the points I8 on the ends of the support [3 likewise resist such endways movement, it is obvious that they do not resist spreading movement of the ends that occurs when pressure is applied to them or to the support, and which movement tends to occur because of the natural inward slant of the support as it is used.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: v

A collar support for shirts comprising a strip of flexible material, the lower edge thereof providing a medial friction point, the stock of said edge on either side of said point being recedingly cut out toward the upper edge and adjacent ends, said cutouts terminating to provide forwardly extending friction points intermediate said first point and said ends, the rear lower portions of said strip edge being plane and adapted to rest upon the shirt back Within the neckband of the collar thereof, said medial point and second named points providing a three point support for per edge will define an arcuate abutment portion disposed above the upper edge of the collar at each frontalside thereof and intermediate the central point of the lowered'ge and the respec tlve forwardly extending points thereof, whereby pressure upon said arcuately curved abutment portion tends to rock the bowed strip forwardly slightly to effect digging of all of said points into the back of the shirt so as to prevent shifting of said strip.

ALBERT P. HERRLINGER. 

